Merry Christmas (album)

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Merry Christmas
Studio album by Mariah Carey
Released November 1, 1994
Recorded December 1993 – August 1994, at Sony Studios and The Hit Factory (New York City, NY)
Genre Christmas, Soul, Pop, gospel
Length 39:29
Label Columbia
CK-64222
Producer Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff, Robert Clivillés, David Cole, Loris Holland
Mariah Carey chronology
Music Box
(1993)		 Merry Christmas
(1994)		 Daydream
(1995)
Singles from Merry Christmas
  1. "All I Want for Christmas Is You"
    Released: November 1, 1994[1]
  2. "Joy to the World"
    Released: November, 1994

Merry Christmas is the first holiday album by American singer Mariah Carey. It was released on November 1, 1994.

Contents

Track listing [change]

# Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Silent Night"   Fr. Josef Mohr, Franz X. Gruber Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff 3:41
2. "All I Want for Christmas Is You"   Carey, Afanasieff Carey, Afanasieff 4:01
3. "O Holy Night"   Adolphe Adam Carey, Loris Holland 4:27
4. "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"   Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector Carey, Afanasieff 2:35
5. "Miss You Most (At Christmas Time)"   Carey, Afanasieff Carey, Afanasieff 4:32
6. "Joy to the World"   George Frideric Handel, Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts Carey, Afanasieff 4:21
7. "Jesus Born on This Day"   Carey, Afanasieff Carey, Holland 3:43
8. "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"   John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie Carey, Afanasieff 3:24
9. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" / Gloria in Excelsis Deo"   Charles Wesley, Felix Mendelssohn Carey, Holland 3:01
10. "Jesus Oh What a Wonderful Child"   Traditional Carey, Afanasieff 4:26
11. "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" (Appears as a bonus track on the 2005 DualDisc re-release. Also on non-US pressings.) Traditional Carey, Afanasieff 1:18

Charts and certifications [change]

Charts [change]

Chart Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[2] 2
Austrian Albums Chart[2] 4
Belgian Albums Chart[3] 5
Canadian Albums Chart[4] 21
Danish Albums Chart[5] 4
Dutch Albums Chart[2] 4
European Albums Chart[6] 9
German Albums Chart[7] 15
Greek Albums Chart[8] 37
Hungarian Albums Chart[9] 15
Italian Albums Chart[10] 3
Japanese Albums Chart[11] 1
New Zealand Albums Chart[2] 10
Norwegian Albums Chart[2] 11
Portuguese Albums Chart[5] 9
Spanish Albums Chart[12] 26
Swedish Albums Chart[2] 4
Swiss Albums Chart[2] 4
UK Albums Chart[13] 32
U.S. Billboard 200[14] 3
U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip hop Albums[14] 4
U.S. Billboard Holiday Albums[14] 1

Certifications [change]

Country (Provider) Certifications
Australia (ARIA) 4× Platinum[15]
Austria (IFPI) Gold[16]
Canada (CRIA) Platinum[17]
Europe (IFPI) Platinum[18]
Germany (IFPI) Gold[19]
Italy (FIMI) Gold[20]
Japan (RIAJ) 5× Platinum (1 Million)[21]
Netherlands (NVPI) Platinum[22]
New Zealand (RIANZ) 2× Platinum[23]
Norway (IFPI) Platinum[24]
Switzerland (IFPI) Gold[25]
United Kingdom (BPI) Gold[26]
United States (RIAA) 5× Platinum

Singles [change]

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[27]		 US R&B
[28]		 US AC
[28]		 US Dance
[28]		 AUS
[29]		 AUT CAN FRA
[30]		 GER
[31]		 IRE
[31]		 ITA
[31]		 JAP NL
[32]		 NZ
[33]		 SPA
[34]		 SWE
[34]		 SWI
[34]		 UK
[35]
1994 "All I Want for Christmas Is You" 83 — 6 — 2 11 — — 14 3 1 2 2 4 4 7 18 2
"Joy to the World" — — — 17 33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
"O Holy Night" — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

References [change]

  1. ↑ "All I Want For Christmas Is You". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/All-I-Want-Christmas-You/dp/B0017DHRJ6. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Mariah Carey – Merry Christmas (album)". Ultratop & Hung Medien. http://www.ultratop.be/en/showitem.asp?interpret=Mariah+Carey&titel=Merry+Christmas&cat=a. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  3. ↑ "Hits of the World". Billboard 106 (49). 1994-12-03. ISSN 0006-2510. http://books.google.fr/books?id=ZwgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=billboard&q=Merry+Christmas#v=snippet&q=Merry%20Christmas&f=false. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
  4. ↑ "Music SoundScan Charts". Canadian Online Explorer. http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Hits of the World". Billboard 106 (52). 1194-12-24. ISSN 0006-2510. http://books.google.fr/books?id=ZAgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=billboard&q=Merry+Christmas#v=snippet&q=Merry%20Christmas&f=false. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
  6. ↑ "European Albums". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts#/charts/european-albums. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  7. ↑ "Musicline.de – Chartverfolgung – Carey, Mariah". Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Carey,Mariah/?type=longplay. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  8. ↑ "Mariah Carey – Merry Christmas (Album)". Ένωση Ελλήνων Παραγωγών Ηχογραφημάτων. http://greekcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Mariah+Carey&titel=Merry+Christmas&cat=a. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
  9. ↑ "Album and Single Positions" (in Hungarian). Mahasz. http://www.mahasz.hu/m/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=top_40_album_es_valogataslemez_lista. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  10. ↑ "Hits of the World". Billboard 107 (2). 1995-01-14. ISSN 0006-2510. http://books.google.fr/books?id=ZAgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=billboard&q=Merry+Christmas#v=snippet&q=Merry%20Christmas&f=false. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
  11. ↑ "ゴールドディスク大賞受賞者一覧" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gdlist/pdf/gd1-20_list.pdf. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
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  13. ↑ "TOP 40 Official UK Albums Archive". The Official Charts Company. 1993-09-11. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/3/1993-09-11/. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "Merry Christmas – Mariah Carey". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/album/mariah-carey/merry-christmas/157869. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  15. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2008 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupageshttpwww.aria.com.aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2008Albums.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  16. ↑ "Gold and Platinum". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry – Austria. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  17. ↑ "Gold & Platinum Certification". Canadian Recording Industry Association. http://www.cria.ca/goldplat.php/. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  18. ↑ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 1996 Awards". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. http://www.ifpi.com/content/section_news/plat1996.html. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  19. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Mariah Carey)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=&strInterpret=Mariah+Carey&strTtArt=alle&strAwards=checked. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  20. ↑ "Certificazione Album fisici e digitali dalla settimana 1 del 2009 alla settimana 18 del 2012" (PDF). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. http://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_Gfk_week1812.pdf. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
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  22. ↑ "Gold & Platinum Certifications". Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. http://www.nvpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=60461&formposted=no&pagenr=1. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  23. ↑ Scapolo, Dean (2007). The Complete New Zealand Music Charts 1966–2006. RIANZ. ISBN 978-1-877443-00-8.
  24. ↑ "Norway's certification database". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry – Norway. http://www.ifpi.no/sok/index_trofe.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  25. ↑ "Awards 1994". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Switzerland. http://www.swisscharts.com/awards.asp?year=1994. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
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  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 "Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/mariah-carey/chart-history/48340?f=367&g=Singles. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
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  30. ↑ "French Charts > Mariah Carey" (in French). lescharts.com Hung Medien. http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Mariah+Carey. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
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  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 "Swiss Charts > Mariah Carey" (in German). hitparade.ch Hung Medien. http://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Mariah+Carey. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  35. ↑ "Chart Stats > Mariah Carey". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=571. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  36. ↑ Kent, David (2006). Australian Chart Book 1993-2005. ISBN 0-646-45889-2.
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Studio albums
Mariah Carey (1990) · Emotions (1991) · Music Box (1993) · Merry Christmas (1994) · Daydream (1995) · Butterfly (1997) · Rainbow (1999) · Glitter (2001) · Charmbracelet (2002) · The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) · E=MC² (2008) · Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2009) · Merry Christmas II You (2010)
Compilations
#1's (1998) · Valentines (2000) · Greatest Hits (2001) · The Remixes (2003) · The Ballads (2008)
Live albums
Video compilations
Concert tours
Music Box Tour (1993) · Daydream World Tour (1996) · Butterfly World Tour (1998) · Rainbow World Tour (2000) · Charmbracelet World Tour (2003-2004) · The Adventures of Mimi Tour (2006) · Live at the Pearl (2009) · World Tour (2009/2010)
Selected filmography
The Bachelor (1999) · Glitter (2001) · WiseGirls (2002) · Ally McBeal (2002) · State Property 2 (2005) · You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008) · Tennessee (2008) · Precious (2009)
Charities
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